Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 30, 2008	What is a Birmingham Blogger doing at the Tory Party Conference?
That’s what I kept asking myself, and I wasn’t alone. Other members of the Birmingham bloggers’ group who’d registered to cover the conference were also considering what they might write, if they should right anything. Why were they there? I know why I was...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 27, 2008	This is a no brainer for the UK.
Free Debates is an important democratic movement. They are demanding that a condition of a network getting to screen presidential debates is that they make the material available with open source/creative commons licensing, so it can be rehashed and mashed etc. It is a great idea...... [view]

Posted By:  zambia Posted On:  Sep 20, 2008	Free and Open Source Software for Development
Arjan de Jager, formerly at IICD, together with Victor van Reijswoud, a former researcher, IICD partner and Head of IT at Uganda Martyrs University, published a book on Open Source Software for Development. The book actually costs money to order, but a free PDF of the entire book can be...... [view]

Posted By:  zambia Posted On:  Sep 15, 2008	Citizens have a right to talk about activities
Telkcom has recognised that democracy requires that citizens have the right to know about activities that affect their lives and the recognition of the importance of their participation within the democratic system to make it work and flourish. In her welcome address Bintu Petsana, Acting Group...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	Quality newspaper video from the Birmingham Mail:
Why do I like this? Static shots well framed with thought for the lighting. Simple story, well told by one voice, someone we can relate to. No poor voice over from someone who didn’t get into the BBC because they couldn’t broadcast and equally no tacky script riddled with...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 1, 2008	Seth Godin’s First Law of mass media:
Organizations will work tirelessly to de-personalize every communication medium they encounter. Email used to be honest interactions between consenting adults. Facebook pages (and Wikipedia, too) were built by people, not staffs. Twits came from real people, and so did instant...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	Twitter and court reporting.
It has been many years since I last did any court reporting and I remember the scramble to get out of court and either get to the court press room or recover your mobile from security.  Recording devices like cameras and microphones are banned in UK courts. Have things changed at all? Would...... [view]

Posted By:  tamsgogo Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008	Tit-bit On RURAL JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
Through the years of journalism practice,that I have spent, especially in comtemporary society dotted with rural life,I have seen deprieved people, their exclusion from government,poverty and poor state of social amenities,and have come to terms with the fact that while it is good to engage the...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jul 28, 2008	Crime Mapping from the British Government based on a West Midlands example
Tom Watson , William Perrin and the Power of Information taskforce shows off some mock ups for crime mapping by neighbourhood and the whole social media story makes it onto the Telegraph’s front page with a couple of subsidiary articles – including one mentioning West Midlands...... [view]

Posted By:  malcs64 Posted On:  Jul 15, 2008	Obama as a multi-racial candidate
My take on Obama as a multi-racial candidate (this was written in response to a reporter’s questions to me on this topic): So far, Obama has mainly been seen as a “Black candidate”–but as one whose “Blackness” is problematic because his father is not African...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 14, 2008	Is the British Government planning a new department of Digital Cleaners?
According to the FT the Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, thinks he may be able to not just control product placement in TV programmes but also on the web!. To quote from Neville Hobson’s blog post (nice spot Neville) Andy Burnham, culture secretary, said the government had an...... [view]

cafebabel.com
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Reportage Festival 2008 Sydney

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Turda Democracy Gatherings

Journalists for Human Rights

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Website:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/J-H-R   Description:   A free e-mail list and and on-line archives. ournalists for Human Rights (JHR) Journalistes pour les Droits Humains (JDH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising general awareness of human rights issues in Africa by providing African journalists with the tools to report accurately and concretely about human rights issues.   [view]